A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus

Ophiopogon japonicus, a kind of local herbal remedies in Zhejiang, is usually grown on rectangular pieces of land. In harvesting season of O. japonicus when a tractor accidentally falls into any furrows, mechanical parts of the tuber harvester hitched behind are prone to break. To solve this problem...

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Main Authors: ZHANG Fangming, LI Jiaming, CHEN Jiasong
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Language:English
Published: Zhejiang University Press 2018-07-01
Series:浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
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Online Access:https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.06.111
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description Ophiopogon japonicus, a kind of local herbal remedies in Zhejiang, is usually grown on rectangular pieces of land. In harvesting season of O. japonicus when a tractor accidentally falls into any furrows, mechanical parts of the tuber harvester hitched behind are prone to break. To solve this problem, an automated leveling system, consisted of a field computer, an electronic control unit (ECU), a dual-antenna GPS receiver, a rope-type sensor, a cylinder, and a hydraulic valve, was developed and tested so that the harvester remained level. The computer got rolling angle of the tractor and displacement of the cylinder in sequence, and then deduced rolling angle of the harvester. The system employed a proportion integration differentiation (PID) algorithm to calculate control quantity of the valve. The experimental results conducted in the fields of O. japonicus showed that the average elevation difference of the left and right points was 1.04 cm, and the standard deviation was 2.39 cm. Therefore, the harvester could remain horizontal all the time, and its mechanical fracture would not happen again.
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spelling doaj-art-4e13afa95c6a4c37aef8b10b97dfe3642025-08-20T02:47:27ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552018-07-014444545010.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.06.11110089209A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicusZHANG FangmingLI JiamingCHEN JiasongOphiopogon japonicus, a kind of local herbal remedies in Zhejiang, is usually grown on rectangular pieces of land. In harvesting season of O. japonicus when a tractor accidentally falls into any furrows, mechanical parts of the tuber harvester hitched behind are prone to break. To solve this problem, an automated leveling system, consisted of a field computer, an electronic control unit (ECU), a dual-antenna GPS receiver, a rope-type sensor, a cylinder, and a hydraulic valve, was developed and tested so that the harvester remained level. The computer got rolling angle of the tractor and displacement of the cylinder in sequence, and then deduced rolling angle of the harvester. The system employed a proportion integration differentiation (PID) algorithm to calculate control quantity of the valve. The experimental results conducted in the fields of O. japonicus showed that the average elevation difference of the left and right points was 1.04 cm, and the standard deviation was 2.39 cm. Therefore, the harvester could remain horizontal all the time, and its mechanical fracture would not happen again.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.06.111automated leveling system<italic>Ophiopogon japonicus</italic>agricultural implementdual-antenna GPS
spellingShingle ZHANG Fangming
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A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
automated leveling system
<italic>Ophiopogon japonicus</italic>
agricultural implement
dual-antenna GPS
title A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
title_full A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
title_fullStr A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
title_full_unstemmed A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
title_short A dual-antenna global positioning system (GPS) receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of Ophiopogon japonicus
title_sort dual antenna global positioning system gps receiver based automated leveling system for tuber harvesters of ophiopogon japonicus
topic automated leveling system
<italic>Ophiopogon japonicus</italic>
agricultural implement
dual-antenna GPS
url https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.06.111
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